Vehicle fire on Bass Highway at Sisters Hills
A green BMW X5 was located ablaze on the pull off area at Sisters Hills this morning around 3.30am. Police would like to hear from any member of the public who may have witnessed anything suspicious in that area, or a green BMW X5 travelling on the Bass Highway between Burnie and Stanley between 2am…
Recovery of Stolen Motor Vehicle on West Coast
Two Hobart men, aged 39 and 32 have been arrested by police this afternoon after a police operation on the Lyell Highway. Police allege the men were travelling in a motor vehicle stolen from Hobart overnight. Police attempted to intercept the vehicle in the Strahan area, but the vehicle failed to stop and evaded police. …
Driver detected almost five times the alcohol limit
A 25-year-old man from Riverside has been charged after he was detected driving with almost five times the legal alcohol limit in the state’s North overnight. At 11pm last night police responded to reports of white Mitsubishi Magna crashing into a parked car on Riseley Street Kings Meadows and then being driven erratically in the…
Quad Bike Crash – Bridgenorth
A 75-year-old man from Beauty Point has sustained non-life threating injuries in a quad bike rollover while riding in bushland near Bridgenorth yesterday. The crash occurred just after midday in an area of thick bushland at the end of Kerrisons Road. The man was riding with a group of friends when the quad bike he…
Police calling for public assistance following Newnham evade
Police in Launceston are calling for public assistance to identify the three occupants of a stolen truck that reversed into a police vehicle and then evaded police in Newnham last night. Police intercepted the five-tonne truck on the East Tamar Highway at Newham just after 10pm due to the way it was being driven. The…
Quad Bike Crash – Bridgenorth
A 75-year-old man has sustained non-life threating injuries in a quad bike rollover while riding in bushland near Bridgenorth yesterday. The crash occurred just after midday in an area of thick bushland at the end of Kerrisons Road. The man was riding with a group of friends when the quad bike he was riding flipped,…
Western Search and Rescue Jobs- Saturday 6 June 2020
Police Search and Rescue teams were deployed to two incidents within the Western District on Saturday 6 June 2020: At 3:00pm an EPIRB was detected by AUSAR the location was at the southern end of Lake Burbury (near Queenstown). A 33 year old male bushwalker planning to walk to the Fincham Hut on the Fincham…
Five Year Old Child Ran Over By Trailer
On Saturday 6 June 2020 at 4:45pm emergency services attended a motor vehicle accident at Latrobe where a five year old child had been run over by a trailer being towed by a campervan. The child had been playing on a ladder on the side of the campervan when the driver drove away, not knowing…
Serious single vehicle crash – South Arm Highway, Sandford
A 21-year-old woman from Kingston remains in hospital in a critical condition following a single vehicle crash on the South Arm Highway at Sandford which occurred on Friday, 5 June 2020, at around 7:15pm. The woman who was the driver of a red Toyota Camry was trapped for a short period of time before being…
Police investigating deliberately lit house fire on Bendigo Street Ravenswood
Police are investigating a deliberately lit house fire on Bendigo Street in Ravenswood that occurred around 9.30pm last night. The fire destroyed the house causing approximately $180,000 damage. Fire Service Investigators have determined the fire was deliberately lit. Anyone with information in relation to the fire or suspicious activity in the area around the time…